Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for London Borough of Croydon. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,728 approved · 1,123 refused · 139 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jan 2019 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
9 Spout Hill Croydon CR0 5AN
Received 9 Jul 2026Sandleford Morland Avenue Croydon CR0 6EA
Received 10 Jul 2026Development Site At 29 Hayes Lane Kenley CR8 5LF
Received 10 Jul 2026Land Between 2 And 5 Round Grove Croydon CR0 7PP
Received 10 Jul 20266 Sandringham Road Thornton Heath CR7 7AX
Received 10 Jul 2026135 Pollards Hill South Norbury London SW16 4LZ
Received 10 Jul 202622 Goldwell Road Thornton Heath CR7 6HS
Received 10 Jul 202643 Gonville Road Thornton Heath CR7 6DE
Received 10 Jul 202642 Dagnall Park South Norwood London SE25 6NS
Received 10 Jul 202657 Grasmere Road Purley CR8 1DY
Received 10 Jul 202663 Norbury Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 8AL
Received 13 Jul 202647 Sylvan Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2RU
Received 13 Jul 202647 Sylvan Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2RU
Received 13 Jul 202644 Gravel Hill Croydon CR0 5BD
Received 13 Jul 202681B Chaldon Way Coulsdon CR5 1DL
Received 13 Jul 202681 Christian Fields Norbury London SW16 3JU
Received 13 Jul 202641 Farley Road South Croydon CR2 8DB
Received 13 Jul 2026137 Green Lane Norbury London SW16 3NA
Received 13 Jul 202624 Round Grove Croydon CR0 7PP
Received 13 Jul 202628 Woodfield Hill Coulsdon CR5 3EP
Received 13 Jul 202657 Crowther Road South Norwood London SE25 5QR
Received 13 Jul 2026440 Wickham Road Croydon CR0 8BL
Received 13 Jul 2026Kenley Hawkhirst Road Kenley CR8 5DN
Received 10 Jul 202660 Fairdene Road Coulsdon CR5 1RE
Received 13 Jul 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for London Borough of Croydon, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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